The Rise of Big Sean

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After bringing the punchline style of rapping back on his mixtapes, Big Sean noticed that other heavy hitters like Drake and Nicki Minaj had taken on his style of rapping before he was able to get his debut album out. Drake later said that he picked up the flow from Big Sean, so all ended up being right with the world.
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